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As mentioned in the last annual report, our funds have been invested temporarily with an effort to raise the total amount by dividends and interest. Then, sometime in the future, when and if business conditions change, we will have a larger sum of money with which to work and, consequently, we may be able to give greater aid where it may be sorely needed.
One case was called to our attention during 1948 by the Veterans' Benefits Agent, Mr. Gordon DeWolf, and after investigation by Mr. DeWolf and the committee, it was felt that the applicant was entitled to assistance. In this case, we were able to pay the costs of certain hospital bills which amounted to a sizable figure and thus relieved a veteran of this obligation. This veteran had been in ill health for a period of some months and his earning power had been affected-thus the Veterans' Emergency Fund Committee were able to step in and assist this veteran substantially.
The Committee, as previously mentioned, still feels that assistance on the commodity basis, such as food, clothing, medicine, hospital care, fuel, etc, is the best method of payment and this procedure was followed during 1948.
The Committee has a representative in each precinct of the town and it is hoped that applicants for assistance will contact the member in his own precinct. The names of the members are listed as follows:
Mr. George Archer Precinct 1, Center
Mr. Edmund J. Welch Precinct 2, North
Mr. Perry T. Snow Precinct 3, West
Mr. Edward G. Krasnecki Precinct 4, East
Mr. George F. Waite Precinct 5, South
Mr. Alfred H. Coburn Precinct 6, Westlands
At this time, the Committee wishes to acknowledge the confidence of the Board of Selectmen in the reappointment of this committee for the past year. Acknowledgment of the services and advice of Mr. Gordon P. DeWolf is given at this time and to all other persons who assisted the Committee.
Respectfully submitted
Signed: ALFRED H. COBURN
Veterans' Emergency Fund Secretary
165
REPORT OF THE TREAS. VETS' EMERGENCY FUND
VETERAN'S EMERGENCY FUND TREASURER'S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN Receipts and Disbursements January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948
BALANCE ON HAND JANUARY 1, 1948 $2,921.43 ADD-Receipts
The Central Savings Bank, 1
Lowell,Mass .- Dividends 4.02
Middlesex Cooperative Bank,
Lowell, Mass .- Dividends 65.00
Total Receipts 69.02
TOTAL 2,990.45
DEDUCT-Disbursements
St. Joseph's Hospital, Lowell, Mass. Veterans' Assistance 77.50
Fred C. Church & Co.
Premium on Treasurer's Bond
15.00
Total Disbursements 92.50
BALANCE ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1948
$2,897.95
ASSETS December 31, 1948
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD-GENERAL TREASURY $ 42.50
Deposit
THE CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK, LOWELL, MASS. Book No. 128790
255.45
MIDDLESEX COOPERATIVE BANK, LOWELL, MASS.
10 Paid Up shares, Certificate No. 3025 2,000.00
3 Matured shares, Certificate No. 2380 600.00 2,600.00
TOTAL ASSETS $2,897.95
Respectfully submitted,
Town of Chelmsford Veterans' Emergency Fund
By PERRY T. SNOW, Treasurer.
166
REPORT OF THE HIGHLAND IMPROVEMENT ASSN.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REPAIRING OF THE HIGHLAND AVENUE SCHOOL
To the voters of the town of Chelmsford:
The committee on Schools of the Highland Improvement Associ- ation wishes to inform you that a list of our expenses for 1948 will be found in the report of the Town Accountant.
These expenditures were made after due consideration as to their advisability and we trust that both the school and the pupils of the school will benefit from them in the years to come.
WILLIAM J. BARRON
Chairman of Committee on Schools Highland Improvement Association
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SELECT A SITE FOR A NEW SCHOOL AT NORTH CHELMSFORD
To the Citizens of Chelmsford:
Your site Committee has inspected the present school site at North Chelmsford as well as other possible school sites in that area. Numerous meetings have been held and architects have been consulted.
After thorough consideration of the principal factors involved we make the following recommendation: That the Selectmen be au- thorized to secure a parcel of land for a school site at North Chelms- ford. Said parcel of land is now owned by the North Chelmsford Water District and is described as follows :- bounded by Crystal Lake, by Washington Street, by Grant Street and by Adams Street and comprising approximately six acres of land.
In the event that the above mentioned parcel of land can not be secured, that the Selectmen be authorized to secure a parcel of land located between the Dunstable Road and the Tyngsboro Road and now owned by Fred E. Bliss and Ralph and Irene Littlefield. This parcel of land is described as follows :- bounded by original property of Robert E. Bliss, by Tyngsboro Road, by land now owned by Robert and Alice Connolly, by Evelyn L'Herault and by Clarence and Ethel DeCarteret and by Dunstable Road. Said land includes Lot 23 and Lot 24 of the land records and comprises a total of approximately 10 acres.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Mrs. Edward R. Whitworth
Albert J. Lupien
Daniel J. Hart
Vernon Fletcher
Walter F. Lewis
Clifford Hartley
Arthur R. Nystrom
Claude J. Harvey
Paul W. O'Neil
H. Morton Jeffords
167
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
ANCEL E. TAYLOR
who served the Town of Chelmsford as Highway Superintendent for many years.
168
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Due to the untimely death of our Superintendent of Streets, Ancel Taylor, the Board of Selectmen herewith submit a report of the Highway Department for the year 1948.
The following streets under general maintenance have been treated, using 42,590 gals. of Cut-back material and 24,389 gals. of Tar.
Where the number of feet is not designated the entire length of the following streets was treated.
NO. CHELMSFORD
Twist Road
Swain Road
Cross Street
Wood Street
Mission Road
Washington Street
Highland Avenue
Dunstable Road
500 Ft.
Ledge Road
Randall Street
Richardson Road
1,000 Ft.
WEST CHELMSFORD
Westford Street 4,500 Ft.
Grandview Road
Parkhurst Road 800 Ft.
Locke Road
Spaulding Road 2,731 Ft.
EAST CHELMSFORD
Carlisle Street
Columbus Street
Marshall Street
Beaulieu Street
Carleton Street
Sprague Street Moore Street
Oak Knoll Street
Brick Kiln Street
Albina Street
SOUTH CHELMSFORD
Locust Road
Garrison Road
Proctor Road
Park Road 4,100 Ft.
Elm Street
Common Street
Park Place
Hunt Road 1,000 Ft.
CHELMSFORD CENTER
Pine Hill Road
Academy Street
Worthen Street
Crosby Lane
Fletcher Street
Golden Cove Road
Riverneck Road 4,500 Ft.
Warren Avenue
First Street
Third Street
Putnam Avenue
East Putnam Avenue
Concord Road 2,250 Ft.
Mill Road
2,200 Ft.
Summer Street
High Street 1,500 Ft.
Dalton Road 800 Ft.
169
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Under special appropriations the following streets were treated with Cut-back material.
Hornbeam Hill Road 1600 gals.
Marinel Avenue
2545 gals.
Sharon Avenue
1600 gals.
Montview Road
1545 gals.
7290 gals.
Under special appropriations the following streets were treated with Tar.
Summit Avenue 1504 gals.
Delwood Road
2014 gals.
Hilltop Terrace
3059 gals.
Yale Street
529 gals.
Emerson Road
328 gals.
Harvey Road
1200 gals.
8634 gals.
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Asphalt
9260 gals.
Peastone
188.39 tons
Cable-Guard Posts
1960 ft.
Sand
1225 yds.
Stone
82.95 tons
Chapter 90 Boston Road Construction
This road was widened two feet on each side for a distance of 2500 feet, using 1141.70 tons of Hot Top material for resurfacing.
Drainage and Culverts
Hornbeam Hill Road, 204 feet pipe-2 catch basins
Montview Road 321 feet pipe-3 catch basins-1 manhole
Lock Road 150 feet pipe-1 catch basin
Dalton Road
300 feet pipe
Highland Avenue 400 feet pipe-3 catch basins
Tuttle Road 10 feet pipe
Sherman Street 40 feet pipe-1 catch basin
Middlesex Street
40 feet pipe-1 catch basin 1 catch basin
Dunstable Road
Harvey Road 200 feet pipe-2 catch basins
Manning Road
40 feet pipe
170
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Recently accepted streets on which work has been done.
Manning Road
Harvey Road
Hornbeam Hill Road
Columbia Street
Montview Road Randall Street
Sharon Avenue
Summit Avenue
Yale Street
Delwood Road
Clinton Avenue
First Street
Emerson Avenue
George Street
Hilltop Terrace
Huntley Street
Strawberry Hill Road
Arbor Road
Marinel Avenue 0
Where brush was cut.
South Chelmsford-Acton Road, Proctor Road, Park Road, Elm Street, Pond Street, Parkerville Road, Garrison Road, Hunt Road, Byam Road, Locust Road, High Street, Pinehill Road, Parker Road.
West Chelmsford-Ledge Road, Richardson Road, Grandview Road, Twist Road, Swain Road.
East Chelmsford-Manning Road, Brick Kiln Road.
Chelmsford Center-Fletcher Street, Perham Street, Grove Street, Plum Street, Turnpike Road, Mill Road, Boston Road.
Gravel:
7.078 yards of gravel were used on recently accepted and newly constructed streets in various sections of the town.
Miscellaneous:
900 feet of Mill Road was widened, straightened, oiled and grav- eled. The reconstruction followed a County lay-out which required much blasting and the use of a power shovel.
Highland Avenue was reconstructed, oiled and graveled.
Tuttle Road, where a narrow, dangerous condition existed, was widened and straightened for a distance of 500 feet.
Curb was placed on Mount Pleasant Street to prevent drainage damage on private land.
Ledge and rocks were blasted and removed on Park Road.
Many of the roads in town were improved by cutting back with the grader.
Respectfully submitted,
Board of Selectmen.
171
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624, Section 7 of the Revised Laws.
All transfers made and shown in this report were authorized by vote of the Finance Committee or by vote in Town Meeting.
RECEIPTS
General Revenue TAXES
CURRENT YEAR:
Poll
$
5,378.00
Personal Estate
45,134.70
Real Estate
367,664.30
$418,177.00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Real Estate
$
7,603.29
ESTIMATED LEVY OF CHARGES:
Real Estate $ 77.64
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1948 $ 32,490.25
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, Previous Years ..
864.69
$ 33,354.94
TAX TITLE EXEMPTIONS:
Redemptions $ 69.32
FROM THE STATE:
Income Tax
$ 49,981.92
Corporation Tax 40,034.04
Meal Tax 3,896.25
$ 93,912.21
172
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
GRANTS AND GIFTS
FROM THE COUNTY:
Dog Licenses $ 1,556.95
Chapter 90, Boston Road
3,312.04
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,128.51
$ 5,997.50
FROM THE STATE:
Aid to Industrial Schools $ 677.04
Chapter 90, Boston Road
6,697.39
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,249.23
Public Service
160.64
$ 8,784.30
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
Old Age Assistance, Administration $ 1,602.32
Old Age Assistance, Relief
64,604.09
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration 238.39
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
5,500.31
$ 71,945.11
FINES AND FORFEITS:
Court Fines $ 84.61
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Cabin Licenses
$ 1.50
Plumbing Permits
812.50
Automobile Dealers' Licenses
105.00
Sunday Licenses
52.00
Common Victualers' Licenses
28.00
Bowling Licenses
30.00
Liquor Licenses for 1948
2,353.50
Milk Licenses
71.50
Slaughtering Licenses
130.00
Menthyl Alcohol Licenses
8.00
Funeral Directors' Licenses
2.00
Entertainment Licenses
52.00
Gasoline Storage Licenses
3.50
Garbage Collection Licenses
5.00
Junk Dealers' Licenses
20.00
Auctioneers' Licenses
10.00
Ice Cream Manufacturers' Licenses
5.00
Circus and Peddlers' Licenses
96.00
Carbonated Beverage Permit
10.00
$ 3,795.50
173
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
SELECTMEN :
Advertising $ 90.90
Deeds and Recording
116.11
$ 207.01
TOWN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR:
Overages and Shortages
$ 6.12
Postage
.31
$ 6.43
TOWN CLERK:
Zoning Maps $ 5.00
Certificates of Registration
3.75
Dog Licenses
2,109.80
$ 2,118.55
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT:
Sale of Office Equipment
$ 30.00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS:
List of Persons
$ 19.13
TOWN HALLS:
Rent from the Center Town Hall $ 918.20
Rent from the North Town Hall
500.00
$
1,418.20
PLANNING BOARD:
Subdivisions of Land
$
21.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Revolver Permits
$ 20.50
Bicycle Permits
23.50
$ 44.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Fuel Oil Permits
$ 54.00
Blasting Permits
3.00
Sale of Equipment
64.00
$ 121.00
174
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
From State: Tuberculosis Subsidy $ 260.71
Slaughtering Fees 398.00
Vaccine Treatment Subsidy
110.72
$ 769.43
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Sale of Equipment $ 51.00
Rental of Equipment 128.75
Sale of Junk
14.50
Reimbursement from the State
237.00
Machinery Fund
1,657.90
$ 2,089.15
WELFARE DEPARTMENT:
Reimbursement for Outside Relief:
Cities and Towns $ 908.67
State Temporary Aid 372.00
1,280.67 $
Reimbursement for Aid to Dependent Children:
From State $ 6,136.16
Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance:
From Cities and Towns $ 1,560.31
From State 58,380.52
$ 59,940.83
VETERANS' BENEFITS:
Reimbursement for Veterans' Benefits:
From the State $ 2,207.62
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT:
Tuition from Other Towns $ 801.06
Rental of Auditorium 286.00
All Other 4.00
$
1,091.06
ADAMS LIBRARY:
Fines and Sales $ 215.01
Interest and Dividends on Funds 155.40
$ 370.41
175
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
UNCLASSIFIED:
Sale of Real Estate $ 208.50
Land Sale Forfeits
31.00
Transfer from Sinking Fund for Insurance
4,230.00
$ 4,469.50
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT:
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 545.00
Charges for Burials
684.20
Care of Lots
604.96
$
1,834.16
INTEREST:
On Taxes $ 428.13
On Tax Titles Redeemed
14.94
On Trust Funds, Perpetual Care
977.46
$
1,420.53
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation of Revenue Loan $200,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
East Chelmsford Water District: Taxes and Interest $ 1,912.67
South Chelmsford Water District:
Taxes and Interest $ 390.12
Chelmsford Water District:
Taxes $ 2,910.97
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests:
Bequests $ 1,000.00
Perpetual Care Funds to General Treasury $ 803.96
Funds for Water District Tax Collections: Treasurer and Collector's Department:
Chelmsford Water District $ 554.50
East Chelmsford Water District 140.00
South Chelmsford Water District 78.18
$ 772.68
176
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Assessors' Department:
Chelmsford Water District $ 371.50
East Chelmsford Water District
100.50
South Chelmsford Water District
50.00
$ 522.00
AGENCY :
Withholding Tax
$ 23,301.19
Beverage Permit, for State
10.00
Middlesex County Retirement Fund
4,916.70
$ 28,227.89
REFUNDS:
Treasurer and Collector's Dept .- Postage .. $
25.00
Treasurer and Collector's Dept .- Bonds
126.90
Board of Appeals
21.00
Fire Department
2.86
·School Department
46.36
Tax Title Foreclosures
61.40
Aid to Dependent Children
2.90
Old Age Assistance
516.81
Gasoline Tax, State
30.69
Adams Library
14.10
Police Department
11.76
Accounting Department
.40
Highway Department
266.43
Welfare Department
166.00
Perpetual Care Funds
141.00
Poll Taxes
2.00
Veterans' Benefits
27.00
Finance Reserve Fund
100.00
$ 1,562.61
Total Receipts for 1948
$967,499.16
Cash on Hand January 1, 1948
$156,144.11
Total Receipts for 1948 and Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1948 $1,123,643.27
177
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAYMENTS
General Government
1
MODERATOR:
Salary
$ 25.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Chairman $ 400.00
Salaries of Board Members
600.00
Clerk Hire for Annual Town Report
40.63
Stationery and Postage
59.13
Printing and Advertising
382.68
Telephone
87.22
Dues, Selectmen's Associations
48.00
Notary Fees
1.50
Janitor Service for Town Meeting's
18.00
Plans and Surveys
65.00
Other Expenses
45.49
1,747.65 $
LAND TRANSACTIONS:
Registry of Deeds
$ 45.74
Notary Fees
7.50
Preparing Deeds
25.00
Advertising for Auction
18.00
Auctioneer's Fee
17.25
Preparing Order of Taking
35.00
Engineering Services for Order of Taking
55.00
Title Examination
40.00
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Town Accountant-
$ 2,500.00
Salary of Assistant Town Accountant
1,770.00
Stationery
21.54
Rental of Office Equipment for Auditors
15.00
Book Binding
31.00
Association Dues
10.00
Typewriter Maintenance
17.25
Telephone Toll Calls
.70
New Safe and Transportation Charges
453.30
$
243.49
$ 4,818.79
178
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Town Clerk
$ 400.00
Office Supplies
5.40
Stationery and Postage
18.46
Printing and Advertising
148.49
Book Binding
31.00
Fees, Returns to State
300.00
Fees, Administering Oaths to Town Of- ficers
19.50
Bond
5.00
Law Books
26.00
All Other
5.12
$ 958.97
TOWN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR:
Salary
$ 2,600.00
Clerk's Salary
1,600.00
Additional Clerk Hire
354.40
Stationery and Postage
797.28
Printing and Advertising
434.85
Telephone
113.29
Typewriter Supplies and Maintenance
53.30
Office Supplies 4.99
Recording Tax Deeds
13.35
Surety Bonds
444.40
Check Signing Machine
137.50
Tax Sale Costs
22.45
Registration of Notes
4.00
Association Dues
2.00
All Other
3.75
Book Binding
9.00
$ 6,594.56
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR AGENCY :
Chelmsford Water District Tax Expenses $ 274.03
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Ex- penses 50.90
South Chelmsford Water District Tax Ex-
penses 33.48 $ 358.41
179
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FORECLOSING TAX TITLES:
Registry of Deeds
$ 31.24
Legal Expense
1,023.09
Land Court
120.00
1,174.33 $
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Chairman $ 2,280.00
Salaries of Board Members
1,520.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor
1,600.00
Additional Clerk Hire
250.00
Stationery and Postage
18.40
Printing and Advertising
269.88
Transportation
206.23
Telephone
68.65
Legal Expense
50.00
Association Dues
6.00
Maps and Plans
150.00
Office Equipment Repairs and Maintenance
53.37
Subscription to Periodical
14.00
Book Binding
11.00
All Other
10.20
Map Survey Fund
999.95
$
7,507.68
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT - AGENCY :
Chelmsford Water District Tax Expenses $
362.00
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Ex- penses 95.45
South Chelmsford Water District Tax Ex-
25.45
penses
$ 482.90
LAW DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Town Counsel $ 300.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Association Dues $ 10.00
Telephone Calls
1.50
Conference Expenses
10.25
$ 21.75
180
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:
Registrars' Salaries $ 300.00
Registrars' Special Election Work
150.00
Clerk's Salary
200.00
Clerk Hire
46.50
Assistant Registrars, Wages
701.89
Assistant Registrars, Mileage
34.55
Election Officers
1,223.74/
New Polling Booths for Precinct 2
136.44
Printing and Advertising
246.54
Stationery and Postage
126.55
Typewriter Rental and Repairs
30.75
Ballot Box Repairs and Transportation Charges
20.70
Men and Women Lists
114.70
Voting Lists
237.75
Ballots
77.55
All Other
12.63
$ 3,660.29
BOARD OF APPEALS:
Clerk Hire
$ 10.13
Advertising
116.84
Postage and Supplies
25.85
Legal Services
15.00
Books
39.00
Zoning Maps
26.50
$ 233.32
PLANNING BOARD:
Printing and Advertising
$ 13.13
Master Plan
100.00
Postage and Office Supplies
14.91
Association Dues
10.00
Frame for Zoning Map
2.50
Legal Opinion
15.00
$ 155.54
181
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PUBLIC BUILDINGS: (Town Halls)
Janitors' Salaries
$ 2,600.00
Fuel
1,592.95
Light
919.46
Water
52.14
Repairs
593.33
Janitors' Supplies
22.62
Reroofing North Town Hall
1,120.00
Reroofing Center Town Hall
1,565.00
Painting North Town Hall
1,560.45
Painting Center Town Hall
1,368.50
All Other
6.64
Constructing Water District Office
256.70
$ 11,657.79
Total for General Government
$ 39,940.47
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Chief's Salary
$ 3,120.00
Patrolmen's Salaries
6,539.24
Special and School Police
4,759.49
Telephone Operators
468.00
Keeping Prisoners
20.00
Association Dues
10.00
Gasoline and Oil
1,229.63
Automobile Repairs and Equipment
887.04
Equipment for Men
146.96
Printing, Stationery and Postage
95.10
Telephones
366.54
Insurance
203.84
Radio Service
233.15
Bicycle Plates
12.26
North Chelmsford Spotlight
30.03
Towel Service
15.00
Clerical Work
156.00
Official Pictures
30.00
Office Equipment and Repairs
23.85
Conference Expenses
28.59
All Other
36.36
$ 18,411.08
182
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries and Wages:
Engineers
$ 445.00
Drivers
14,469.80
District Chiefs
990.00
Captains
125.00
Lieutenants
120.00
Janitors
375.00
Drivers - Vacations and Illness
347.49
Call-Men Yearly
795.00
Labor at Fires
1,015.16
Total Salaries and Wages
$ 18,682.45
Maintenance:
Equipment and Supplies $ 176.49
Garage Rent
469.50
Repairs of Apparatus and Buildings
982.72
Gasoline and Oil
66.72
Heat for Stations
670.87
Electricity for Stations
389.98
Fire Alarm System
777.89
New Fire Truck
2,570.00
Coats and Boots
224.23
Extinguishers
314.25
Ladders
267.80
Hose
993.00
Water
40.00
Telephone Service
514.38
Insurance
229.68
Stationery, Postage and Supplies
84.65
All Other
6.26
$ 8,778.42
Hydrant Service:
North Chelmsford Water District $ 2,000.00
Chelmsford Water District 2,000.00
East Chelmsford Water District
2,000.00
South Chelmsford Water District
1,000.00
$ 7,000.00
$ 34,460.87
Total for Fire Department
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
183
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Wages
$ 232.29
Seals and Dies
14.57
Field Book and Postage
3.14
$ 250.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT:
Salary of Superintendent $ 250.00
Labor
396.00
Insecticides
551.94
Truck Hire
513.00
Gas and Oil
30.66
Printing
9.25
Repairs and Lumber
47.68
$ 1,798.53
TREE WARDEN:
Labor
$ 380.50
Saw Hire
114.00
Tools
5.02
$ 499.52
BUILDING INSPECTOR:
Inspector's Salary
$ 300.00
Printing
34.60
Office Supplies
3.50
$ 338.10
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Warden's Salary
$ 500.00
Labor, Fighting Fires
469.50
Repairs
424.66
Gasoline and Oil
49.63
New Equipment
1,784.74
Insurance
98.92
New Pump
1,000.00
New Portable Pump
325.00
All Other
.85
$ 4,653.30
$ 60,411.40
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
184
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES:
Salary of Chairman
$ 250.00
Salaries of Board Members
450.00
Salary of Agent
2,350.00
Salary of Meat Inspector
1,300.00
Salary of Assistant Meat Inspector
17.00
Salary of Milk Inspector
400.00
Salary of Animal Inspector
250.00
Plumbing Inspection Fees
786.00
Physicians' Salaries
200.00
$ 6,003.00
MAINTENANCE:
Telephone
$ 76.95
Stationery and Postage
32.01
Printing and Advertising
113.83
Burying Animals
103.50
Agent's Transportation
312.00
New Equipment
68.31
$ 706.60
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES:
Board and Treatment $ 1,836.58
Nurses
36.00
Drugs and Medicine
45.48
All Other
33.70
$ 1,951.76
VACCINE TREATMENT:
Vim-Forsbeck Syringe
$ 30.64
Rabies Vaccine
27.46
Medical Treatment
140.00
$ 198.10
CARE OF PUBLIC DUMPS:
Labor, Westlands Dump $ 641.00
Labor, North Chelmsford Dump
240.00
Gravel
108.00
Tractor and Truck Hire
286.37
Building, Equipment and Supplies
78.33
Labor, Grader Operator
30.75
$ 1,384.45
185
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE: Garbage Collection
$
3,126.64
Total for Health and Sanitation
$ 13,370.55
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SALARIES AND WAGES:
Superintendent
$ 3,000.00
Clerk
1,300.00
Labor
29,200.00
$ 33,500.00
GENERAL MAINTENANCE:
Foreman's Mileage
$ 265.05
Superintendent's Mileage
104.98
Shovel and Compressor Hire
2,755.00
Gravel
117.50
Equipment and Supplies
110.30
Blasting and Explosives
52.00
Lumber
100.84
Catch Basins
467.50
Cement and Bricks
115.35
Plans
76.00
Office Supplies
9.56
Water
6.00
Telephone
58.53
Medical Supplies
4.77
Posts and Curbing
387.00
Street Signs
102.75
All Other
67.70
$
4,800.83
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL:
Labor
$ 13,663.11
Chemicals
253.20
Sand
695.60
Tractor and Truck Hire
6,386.30
$ 20,998.21
STONE, SAND AND GRAVEL $ 1,993.95
186
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MACHINERY ACCOUNT:
Repairs
$ 5,497.50
Gas and Oil
2,596.01
Parts and Equipment
1,251.44
$ 9,344.95
PIPE
$ 956.35
ROAD BINDER AND RESURFACING:
Oil and Cold Patch
$ 9,997.53
OTHER EXPENSES:
Water
$ 6.00
Superintendent's Mileage
268.72
Fuel
252.00
Paint, Oil and Express
26.18
Office Expenses
6.48
Equipment and Repairs
3.29
Cement
9.60
Telephone
62.73
All Other
15.00
$ 650.00
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE:
Labor
$
2,716.42
Tarvia and Asphalt
1,369.13
Stone and Concrete
610.21
Rental of Machinery
1,001.50
Guard Rail, Posts and Cable
1,782.50
Sand
300.00
$ 7,779.76
THREE SNOW PLOWS
$ 1,635.00
CHAPTER 90, BOSTON ROAD:
Labor
$ 1,708.46
Cement
2.21
Concrete
8,279.84
Rental of Equipment
940.40
Oil
9.45
$ 10,940.36
187
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
NEW EQUIPMENT:
Snaths and Forks
$ 159.33
Sewer Rods
560.68
Concrete Mixer
1,367.10
Sweeper
953.95
Shovels
68.80
Picks, Handles and Lanterns
50.20
Shovel Handles, etc.
89.93
Chain Adjusters
18.80
Hose
9.86
Paint Marker
94.50
Twine, Brushes and Power Brooms
65.08
Power Drive
323.50
$ 3,761.73
RECONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS STREETS:
Harvey Road
$ 233.40
Summit Avenue
379.03
Yale Street
88.91
Emerson Avenue
50.00
Manning Road
424.99
Clinton Avenue
73.04
First Street
349.73
Delwood Road
401.30
Strawberry Hill Road
500.00
Hornbeam Hill Road
2,871.98
Marinel Avenue
415.00
Sharon Avenue
250.00
Hilltop Terrace
850.00
Montview Road
1,500.00
George Street
125.00
Randall Street
135.00
$ 8,647.38
Total for Highway Department
$115,006.05
STREET LIGHTING: Lighting $ 10,402.83
188
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ADMINISTRATION:
Salaries of Board $ 325.00
Agent's Salary
540.00
Social Worker's Salary
510.00
Salary of Junior Clerk - Stenographer
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